Eva Walker

Aiwa aka Lava La Rue, is a British-Jamaican musician and director from West London. Sep 11 Frost Theatre - Stanford, CA / Sep 13 McMenamins -Troutdale, OR store.lavalarueofficial.com

"Take Five” was originally intended to be a drum solo, but after collaborating with Desmond, it became a jazz standard that inspired other 5/4 themes, such as Lalo Schifrin’s classic “Mission: Impossible.” “Take Five” became such a part of the American vernacular that it was even used as the theme of NBC’s Today Show in the 1960s. As directed by Desmond’s estate after his death in 1977, all of the royalties from the song go to the American Red Cross. Read more here blogs.loc.gov

The Warren Dunes have some shows coming up! + Sunday, August 25 @ Crystal Mountain Resort in Enumclaw + Sunday, Sept 1 @ Bumbershoot at Seattle Center + Friday, Sept 6 @ the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art www.warrendunesband.com Eva hosted the Warren Dunes at KEXP in 2019! Watch the Warren Dunes perform Come Find Me Live on KEXP here: www.youtube.com Warren Dunes is a "post-modern beach music family band from Seattle." warrendunes.bandcamp.com www.warrendunesband.com

Happy 5th wedding anniversary, Eva! All the songs in this set are from Eva and Jake's wedding.

Sade released her second studio album 'Promise' in 1985. "The Sweetest Taboo" was its lead single. The album's title comes from a letter from Sade Adu's father where he refers to the "promise of hope" to recover from cancer. Sade performed for benefit concert Live Aid in 1985 along with artists like Adam Ant, Spandau Ballet, Elvis Costello, Queen, U2, Elton John and many, many more.

It's EVERYTHING day! Kind of like everywhere... Everywhere is a great song about giddy love was written and sung by the late and beloved Christine McVie. Here's her 2022 obituary from The NY Times: www.nytimes.com

Rounding out Eva and Jake's wedding playlist! Cash Box Newspaper (April 21, 1984) said the song [Original Sin] "is a politically clever track which dreams of a racially equal and peaceful world, while also working as a tight dance single." www.worldradiohistory.com

"We'd put 'A Love Supreme' on our next Golden Record!" Eva hosted The Mountain Goats Live on KEXP in 2023. Without hesitation, the band said they'd include John Coltrane on the next Golden Record (rather than one of their songs). Watch The Mountain Goats perform Live on KEXP here: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com

"The spacecraft will be encountered and the record played only if there are advanced spacefaring civilizations in interstellar space." "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry was included on the Voyager record. Learn more about the other music included on the Golden Record here: science.nasa.gov

Gospel blues song "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" was written and performed by Texas gospel blues singer, guitarist and evangelist. Blind Willie Johnson and recorded in 1927. The song is primarily an instrumental featuring Johnson's self-taught bottleneck slide guitar and picking style accompanied by his vocalizations. The song has the distinction of being one of 27 samples of music included on the Voyager Golden Record, launched into space in 1977 to represent the diversity of life on Earth.

What song would you include on the next Golden Record!? Eva votes for "My Girl" by The Temptations! "Known for their fancy footwork, vocal versatility and showmanship, The Temptations are a major influence on R&B and soul music. No other group could do things the way the Temptations did: They danced with elegant precision, sang with tight harmonies and sported the sharpest wardrobe in show business. Almost any member of the group could take the lead: Eddie with his sweet falsetto (“Just My Imagination”), Paul with his gritty baritone (“Don’t Look Back”), Melvin with his rumbling bass (“Old Man River”) and, of course, David, whose soulful second tenor was frequently called upon to handle the group’s up-front assignments (“Beauty Is Only Skin-Deep”)." www.motownmuseum.org

Rika would like to see Feeling Good by Nina Simone on the next Golden Record!

Will in Wallingford would like to hear "Two Worlds Apart" by Little Simz on the next Voyager playlist. On this day in 1977, NASA launched the The Voyager 2 containing a message carried by a phonograph record, a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. Learn more about the sounds contained on the original Golden Record here: science.nasa.gov

Welcome to Part III of EVERYTHING DAY! Celebrating the birthdays of Ralf Hütter (Kraftwerk) in 1946 and Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) in 1948. Born on this day in 1946 – Ralf Hütter, German singer and keyboard player in Kraftwerk! "Kraftwerk was primarily concerned with both reflecting upon and advancing their modern age. Kraftwerk co-founder Ralf Hutter once said, the question is, ‘What does Germany sound like today? That’s where we started.’ Kraftwerk was founded by fellow students Hutter and Schneider in 1970, after they had played around as The Organisation’ in the late 60’s. They wanted the music of this new incarnation to forge a new cultural identity for post-war Germany which at the time was regurgitating the popular culture of America." classicalbumsundays.com

Happy Birthday to Sir Robert Plant! Born on this day in 1948. "Robert Plant (born August 20, 1948, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England) is a British singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer for the rock band Led Zeppelin. Plant’s dynamic vocal range and flamboyant stage presence has distinguished him as a popular and influential rock and roll front man. Since the dissolution of Led Zeppelin, he has pursued an adventurous solo career, including forays into bluegrass music and early rock and roll." www.robertplant.com

Happy Birthday to Ralf Hütter--German singer and keyboard player in Kraftwerk--born on this day in 1946. "From a radio interview Hutter said, ‘We first developed our music instruments from tapes and electronic oscillators and wave generators and filters in order to express our musical ideas. Today we can do it best with all electronic instruments. We cannot play science fiction music on the guitar – It’s an instrument that was invented in the middle ages in Spain. So, when we want do the spirit of today you have to choose the medium of today to do it. There is no difference between a musician and a technician.’" classicalbumsundays.com

Led Zepplelin's lead singer and lyricist, Robert Plant was born on this day in 1948! Happy birthday to one of the greatest singers in rock music!

Computer World (German: Computerwelt) is the eighth studio album by German electronic band Kraftwerk, released on 11 May 1981. The album is themed around computer technology and its rise within society. "We live in a computer world, so we made a song about it", said mastermind Ralf Hütter. Computer World has been described as a futuristic conceptual work that predicts the presence of computer technology in everyday life. en.wikipedia.org

Happy birthday to the one and only Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin! Led Zeppelin's "Ramble On" was influenced by Tolkien, particularly the Lord Of The Rings. The opening lines paraphrase a poem Tolkien wrote in the Elvish tongue of Quenya, and references to Mordor and Gollum appear in the song's lyrics.

Happy National Radio Day! Since the 1990s, National Radio Day has been celebrated on August 20th to highlight the invention of radio and its contributions to our society. Perhaps it was decided that August 20 would be an appropriate day because 8MK (now WWJ) in Detroit, first broadcast on August 20, 1920. Does KEXP contribute to the society that you want to be a part of? Help power KEXP today: www.kexp.org

Welcome to the final chapter of EVERYTHING DAY: National Radio Day! We can't survive without our radio, either! Look at the size of that boombox radio as LL Cool J rocks the crowd on "Soul Train": www.youtube.com

In the liner notes to the Velvet Underground's box set Peel Slowly And See, Lou Reed wrote, "'Rock and Roll' is about me. If I hadn't heard rock and roll on the radio, I would have had no idea there was life on this planet. Which would have been devastating - to think that everything, everywhere was like it was where I come from. That would have been profoundly discouraging. Movies didn't do it for me. TV didn't do it for me. It was the radio that did it." KEXP's mission is to enrich your life by championing music and discovery. Our vision is a connected and compassionate world embracing curiosity and a shared love of music.

Organizers say, “National Radio Day is a time for communities across the country to celebrate radio. The goal is to strengthen the radio ecosystem, highlighting all kinds of radio, but especially stations that focus on local service. We want to ensure that amazing noncommercial stations are included in the national conversation.” We're with that here at KEXP. Happy National Radio Day!

Thanks for the request for "Around the Dial" in honor of National Radio Day, David in Fremont!

Happy National Radio Day! Radio play can make such a difference for bands. Read how radio play was pivotal in R.E.M.'s career below! This was R.E.M.'s first single, released in 1981, before they signed to a major label. -- "This song was pivotal to the continuation of our career," drummer Bill Berry explained. "Most fans may not realize that for two years before "Murmur" (1983) was released, we barely made financial ends meet by playing tiny clubs around the southeast. Our gasoline budget prevented us from venturing further. Put simply, our existence was impoverished. College radio and major city club scenes embraced this song and expanded our audience to the extent that we moved from small clubs to medium-sized venues and the additional revenue made it possible to logically pursue this wild musical endeavor. I dare not contemplate what our fate would have been had this song not appeared when it did."

This song samples Isaac Hayes' "Ike's Rap II" Geoff Barrow got his trip-hop start by asssisting in the studio with Soul II Soul and on Massive Attack's "Blue Lines" DJ Morgan spoke with Portishead’s Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley back in 2019 for the 25 year anniversary of their debut album 'Dummy'. Read all about it here: bit.ly/3AgOLcj